Quotes about Dad

“My kids gotta understand: they gotta make a sacrifice, having a superstar dad.”

“I've been dealing with racism since I was a little kid! My dad's super black, from Puerto Rico. Then my mom's super white - she's Puerto Rican too, but she grew up in Milwaukee. As a Latino in the U.S. I've seen how we are treated differently based on the color of our skin.”

“But the love of adventure was in father's blood.”

“I actually hated hunting the first time I went when I was a kid. My dad took us deer hunting. We sat there for 30 minutes, and I felt like I was losing my mind. But in college, I fell in love with it. Football became a full-time job, and I needed an escape. I needed something that would mellow me out.”

“Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.”

“I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.”

“I usually travel with a lot of people, like my dad, mom and sisters.”

“My dad was a basketball coach, and so I went to his games. But baseball was the sport I could enjoy with him, whereas with basketball, I wasn't with him.”

“Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.”

“My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me.”

“Seeing photographs of my dad, Bert, on the beach with a knotted handkerchief on his head to avoid getting sunburn still brings a smile to my face.”

“My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew.”

“That's what everybody remembers, the first time they beat their dad.”

“My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.”

“As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.”

“Having watched 'The Lone Ranger,' I asked my dad, 'You think we can be on TV like that guy?' He said, 'Probably not. You have to be 6 feet and blond to work in TV and movies.' I said, 'But what about that guy? Jay Silverheels?'”

“Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.”

“No, I never thought about my father's money as my money.”

“My dad is my support, and he is the best support that I could ever have.”

“My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.”

“My mom was Sicilian, my dad was Sicilian. Mom was a great cook, but all the women were.”